Shrimp's Henge - Pics Heavy!

[aquanick]

Sharing a few pics of my planted tank. This is my first attempt at planted tank.
Some sneak shots..

Specs
Tank : 14x10x10"
Filtration : Eheim 2213
Substrate : ADA Amazonia II
Lighting : Aquazonic 12000k , 2x14W
CO2 : Pressurized at 1bps
Ferts: EI dosing including PO4

Fauna : rcs shrimplets, rili shrimplets, ottocinclus, SAE
Flora : Staurogyen Repens, Rotala sp Nanjenshan, Japanese dwarf Hairgrass sp belem, glosso, blyxa japonica HM, xmas moss


Week 3

Growth in 3 weeks












Rotala Nanjenshan pearling:





My Shrimpies!









No algae now, touchwood!


Will be adding few crs to try out this weekend.

[Naraki]

Very nice carpet of glosso.

[thebaldingaquarist]

Nice! Got any full tank pictures?

[aquanick]

Thanks naraki..

Yes shadowmaster, will post the fts soon.

[qngwn]

somehow the picture of the cherry shrimp above looks very much like an Opae Ula Shrimp, or maybe it's just a skinny Cherry Shrimp with a big head.

[KEN LEE]

Very nice layout....great work.

[aquanick]

Thanks all..

Here are the timelines of this tank:


Day 1:





Well the secont stone had to vanish.. very small tank..


Week 1:
Tackled bba and what not!





Week 2:





And Now:





New Residents Added:









Limnophilia Sp Vietnam after 2 days of planting:





Pogostemon Helferi added at the back.. my fav angle:



This is my first attempt at a planted tank.. comments and suggestions to improve welcomed..
Cheers

[memzsa]

Awesome ! and awesome Rotala Nanjenshan

[AhVy]

Hi aquanick..nice tank and so green. So envious..
May I ask what is your lighting photo period?

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[aquanick]

Thanks Elias..

@AhVy: Thanks.. initially for 2 weeks the photoperiod was 4-5 hours. After 2 weeks, I increased the fert dosing to almost double of EI and lighting to 10 hours plus. I dose KNO3 and KH2PO4.

[popimac]

Very nice glosso carpet!

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[wongce]

Simple and nice nano setup.... keep up the good work

[aquanick]

Thanks all for the appreciation.. Never aimed the scape on this one though.. even the stone is picked up from the road side..

After 2 weeks i read about things like iwagumi setup, golden ratio and rule of thirds, will try in the scapes to follow..

[zhaoronglim]

Just a suggestion, maybe you can use lily pipes? Co2 should be place opposite the lily pipes for the best circulation. SAE can grow up to 10-14cm so good luck! Nice scape anyway!

[aquanick]

@zhaoronglim: Thanks for the suggestion. I will invest in lily pipes soon. SAE was only for a short while, removed afterwards.

Will be updating the thread soon as i have done minor changes to the tank. Thanks all.

[thebaldingaquarist]

very nice pearling, keep it up!! teach us how you did it!

[aquanick]

Hi Eric/Grandmaster,

Thanks for the appreciation. This is my first shot at high tech planted tank, and most of the things I learnt through this forum from hobbyists like you..
I noticed that by increasing my photoperiod to 8 hours plus and aiming much more than EI dosing, the plants pearl much more. Maybe because I have very high light (4 wpg) and excess nutrients.

I did quite a few mistakes, did not introduce algae crew till the third week thinking the tank was cycling and faced some algae issue till then. But by increasing ferts dosing, CO2 and photoperiod, all my algae disappeared. Just have a bit of gsa here n there now.

[thebaldingaquarist]

Ooh. Ei...
Maybe I can dose ei to my algae tanks.

[felix_fx2]

Ooh. Ei...
Maybe I can dose ei to my algae tanks.

Ei big water change weekly.



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[aquanick]

Forgot to add.. yes i do 60% water change weekly..